*Minor differences ignored. Grouped by changes, with first version listed as example.
See the notes at Matthew 18:11.
For the son of man,.... Meaning himself, who was truly man, and the Messiah, and which was one of his names in the Old Testament:
is come: from heaven, into this world, being sent by the Father, and with the full consent and good will of his own:
to seek and save that which was lost: as all his elect were in Adam, and by their own actual transgressions; and are considered as such, whilst in a state of unregeneracy: and particularly the lost sheep of the house of Israel are meant, one of which Zacchaeus was; and so the words are a reason of Christ's looking him up, and calling him by his grace, and making a discovery of himself, and an application of salvation to him; see Matthew 18:11.
lost--and such "lost" ones as this Zaccheus. (See on Luke 15:32.) What encouragement is there in this narrative to hope for unexpected conversions?
The Son of man is come to seek, etc. Therefore he went to lodge with the publicans and the sinner in order to save.
*More commentary available at chapter level.